Professional Experience

Worked as a Watershed Coordinator for the North Fork John Day Watershed Council from 1997-2002. The North Fork John Day Watershed Council is a private nonprofit 501c 3 corporation devoted to protecting the ecology of the North and Middle Forks of the John Day River, a watershed encompassing approximately 1.7 million acres in Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wheeler Counties in Eastern Oregon.

Selected Publications

Fiction

"Orbits"--Short story, HIgh Desert Journal, Fall 2013

“Self Service”—Short story, The Bear Deluxe, November 2007

“Rank Strangers”—Short story, High Desert Journal, Fall 2006

“Preserves”—Short story, High Desert Journal, Spring 2005, and Best Stories of the American West, Vol. 1, 2007

“Northern Cross”--Short story, Open Spaces, Spring 2002

“Lateral Moves”--Short story, Clackamas Literary Review, 1997

“Hunting Rights”--Short story, Hayden’s Ferry Review, 1994

“Pragmatists”--Short story, Fishtrap Anthology, 1991, and Dreamers and Desperadoes: Contemporary Fiction of the American West, 1993